The Bar Reality

The Bar Reality

Working at the bar

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Working at the bar is not easy and requires the skillful use of utensils together with an extensive knowledge of beverages, ingredients, measures and types of glasses.

Working at the bar

Bartender's skills and knowledges

Being well trained and highly specialized

Should have a friendly and outgoing personality

Must enjoy talking to customers in order to make suggestions

Should be polite, good-humoured and able to smile at the right time

Speaking foreign languages

2. Sports bars

DIFFERENT TYPES OF BARS

Sports bars usually have large TV screens showing several football matches or other sports simultaneously. People can enjoy regular meals and their drink selection includes wine, beer and mixed drinks.

In addition to the classic types of bars, here are some others among the most particular ones.

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3. The lounge bar

1. Live music bars

These bars serve alcohol, appetizers and tasty food, but they also have a live music stage and host bands or singers.

The lounge bar is a quiet and relaxing place, with plenty of space and comfortable seating. It is perfect for dates, as the music is generally pretty soft, allowing conversations to take place. People can enjoy their drink and their company. Prices are nomally more expensive than those of classic bars.

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COFFEE AND TEA

Tea or coffee? Italians like tea, but they prefer coffeee. They usually drink a cup of tea in the morning or afternoon, but they can drink three or four coffees a day. They don't drink coffee with any meal, except breakfast.

COFFEE AND TEA

The English drink weak coffee with a lot of milk, usually in the late morning or in the afternoon. Italians drink espresso coffee, black and strong. If they don't like black or bitter coffee, they add plain or brown sugar or just a little cold or hot milk.

COFFEE AND TEA

The Americans drink long coffee in a large cup. Italians usually drink light tea with lemon and sugar. The English drink dark, strong tea, with milk. They drink about four cups a day. The Irish, the Australians, the Russians and the Americans are also among the world's great tea drinkers.

3. Macchiato

1. Espresso coffee

Espresso coffee with cold, hot or steamed milk.

Thick, smooth, full-bodied coffee with a frothy head.

4.Ristretto

2.Corretto

Coffee with a dash of a spirit.

Extra-strong espresso coffee, with less water.

7. Cappuccino

5. Black coffee

Espresso coffee with a large quantity of steamed milk and a sprinkling of cocoa on top, drunk at breakfast, usually with a sweet croissant /and never after a meal).

Filter coffee kept warm in a special jug or pot.

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8. American coffee

6. Viennese coffee

Espresso coffee with double cream and chocolate or cocoa powder on top.

Long coffee, that is espresso coffee diluted with hot water.

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11. Irish coffee

9. Instant coffee

Coffee with whiskey and double cream.

Coffee made very quickly by mixing boiling water with soluble coffee grounds.

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12. Decaffeinated coffee

10. Shaken-iced coffee

Strong and sugared espresso shaken with ice.

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Coffee with most or all of the caffeine removed.

Tea in Britain

Tea arrived to Europe thanks to Portuguese and Dutch traders who brought it from China and the eastern world in 17th Century. Tea was considered a medicine, but when queens and rich women started to drink it in the afternoon, inviting their friends for an additional meal, tea quickly replaced beer and it was drunk by all levels of society. Afternoon tea became the major or "high" meal of the day for the common people who had to work in the afternoon and could only drink tea at the end of their working day.

Tea is a traditional and national drink in Britain and everyone drinks tea during the day.

Beer Timeline

17th century

Romans

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The Romans used to brew beer and they taught the brewing process to the native tribes in Britain and in northern Europe.

Introduction of hops

We do not know where and when beer was first brewed.

Ancient times

Middle ages

The Monks made beer in great quantity because they wanted a good-tasting and national drink to serve with their simple meals, especially during fasting periods.

The Chinese, the Egyptians and the Greeks considered beer an important item in their daily diet.

Beer

The British called hops "ale" which today is still the word for traditional beer. Hops added bitterness and aroma to the drink which was firstly made by brewing water and barley and then fermenting it with yeast.This was done using the classic top fermentation method which is still used today to make original beer types.

Top fermented beers

• Ale (England's national drink)
• Porter (popular among Irish porters in 18th Century)
• Bitter stout (Ireland's national drink) or Guinness bitter stout as most people know it.

Beer in Germany

Bavarian monks developed a process called bottom fermentation. The generic name for bottom fermented beer is lager, which today is the most popular in the world. Brewing took place in cool cellars, which slowed the fermentation process requiring beer to be stored longer. The German word for storage is Lagerung, which is where the name Lager comes from.

An alternative to wine

Beer represents an alternative to wine for many people. It can be served in bottles, in cans, from barrels or in different kinds of glasses. The most common types of beer are: mild (dark and slighty sweet), bitter, lager (light golden), ale (dark golden) and stout (black).

Cooking with beer

Beer is a very versatile drink. It can be a substitute for wine in cooking as it adds a unique strong flavour. In recipes, beer is ideal for enhancing cheese-based sauces for pasta; it is perfect with risottos; it is really good for frying batters, to which it gives crispness and colour.

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